Claudius
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
A police school for scandal
Is it any wonder there’s a two-tier policing controversy when officer training is focused on political correctness?
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
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The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?
The Blob playbook
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Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
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The role offers too much power with too little accountability
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
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Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself